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e.mikkelsenTL2Member16 Nov 2025#151

d.eriksen, post #18: On post #14 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification. Lab result questions: state the result, the reference interval, and what else is on the same panel. A single flag on a single draw is usually uninformative without context. Go to post

On post #147 — agreed on the reasoning, with one qualification.

Five questions in one post gets you one answer: the easiest one, usually not the one you needed most. Post them separately or pick the one that depends on the others least and ask that one first.

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d.nwosuTL2 Moderator18 Nov 2025#152

s.kravchenko, post #135: Five questions in one post gets you one answer: the easiest one, usually not the one you needed most. Post them separately or pick the one that depends on the others least and ask that one first. Go to post

post #151 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

Arithmetic questions: write out the steps. "I have a 10 mg vial, I added 2 mL, I want a 0.25 mg dose, and I get this number for the syringe mark" is answerable. "How many units" is not.

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s.poulsenTL3Regular19 Nov 2025#153

What you have already read matters. Saying "I read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap" tells people they do not need to point you at the same resource you have already found. That is a genuine time saver.

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e.tammTL2 Moderator20 Nov 2025#154

I disagree with the reply above, and I think the disagreement is substantive rather than terminological.

The distinction being drawn does not survive when you look at the published data for this specific question. I would be glad to be shown wrong on this, because the version I am arguing against is more convenient.

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